Turkey
BIRDS
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Freedom Park (Özgürlük Parkı), Istanbul
2 July 2024
Scientific name: Iduna pallida
Chinese (simplified): 草绿篱莺
Japanese: ハイイロウタムシクイ
Turkish: Ak Mukallit, Beyaz Mukallit
Subspecies
Eurasian Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Scientific name: Iduna pallida elaeica
Hooded Crow
Freedom Park (Özgürlük Parkı), Istanbul
2 July 2024
Scientific name: Corvus cornix
Chinese (simplified): 冠小嘴乌鸦
Japanese: ズキンガラス
Turkish: Leş kargası
Subspecies
Eastern Hooded Crow
Scientific name: Corvus cornix sharpii
Common Myna
Gulhane Park (Gülhane Parkı), Istanbul
1 July 2024
Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis
Chinese (simplified): 家八哥 [海南八哥]
Japanese: インドハッカ
Turkish: Çiğdeci [Mayna]
Subspecies
Common Indian Myna
Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis tristis
Yellow-legged Gull
Freedom Park (Özgürlük Parkı), Istanbul
2 July 2024
Scientific name: Larus michahellis
Chinese (simplified): 黄腿银鸥
Japanese: キアシセグロカモメ
Turkish: Gümüş martı [Sarı bacaklı martı]
Subspecies
Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gull
Scientific name: Larus michahellis michahellis
Alpine Swift
Freedom Park (Özgürlük Parkı), Istanbul
2 July 2024
Scientific name: Tachymarptis melba
Chinese (simplified): 高山雨燕
Japanese: シロハラアマツバメ
Turkish: Ak Karınlı Ebabil [Ak Karınlı Sağan, ak karynly sağan, Ak-karınlı Ebabil, Akkarınlı Sağan, Ak-karınlı Sağan, Akkarınlı Saşan, Beyaz-karıntlı Sağan]
Subspecies
(not determined)
House Sparrow
Along 58. Blv Cd, near Emine İnanç Vakfı Cami Mosque, Istanbul
28 June 2024
Scientific name: Passer domesticus
Chinese (simplified): 家麻雀
Japanese: イエスズメ
Turkish: Evcil Serçe [Serçe, Үй торғайы]
Subspecies (unconfirmed)
Scientific name: Passer domesticus biblicus
Laughing Dove
Along 58. Blv Cd, near Emine İnanç Vakfı Cami Mosque, Istanbul
28 June 2024
Scientific name: Spilopelia senegalensis
Chinese (simplified): 棕斑鸠
Japanese: 笑い鳩 [ワライバト]
Turkish: Küçük Kumru [Кіші түркептер]
Subspecies
Southern Laughing Dove [Cape Laughing Dove]
Scientific name: Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis
Rock Pigeon (Feral)
[Rock Dove]
Along 58. Blv Cd, near Emine İnanç Vakfı Cami Mosque, Istanbul
28 June 2024
Scientific name: Columba livia
Chinese (simplified): 原鸽 [野鸽]
Japanese: 河原鳩 [カワラバト]
Turkish: Güvercin [Kaya güvercini, Көк кептер]
Subspecies
Feral Pigeon
Scientific name: Columba livia domestica
Chinese (simplified): 家鸽
Japanese: 土鳩 [ドバト]
Turkish: Kaya güvercini (şehir güvercini) [Şehir Güvercini]
Alexandrine Parakeet
Gulhane Park (Gülhane Parkı), Istanbul
1 July 2024
Scientific name: Psittacula eupatria
Chinese (simplified): 亚历山大鹦鹉
Japanese: オオホンセイインコ
Turkish: Büyük Yeşil Papağan [İskender Papağanı]
Subspecies
(not determined)
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Gulhane Park (Gülhane Parkı), Istanbul
1 July 2024
Scientific name: Psittacula krameri
Chinese (simplified): 红领绿鹦鹉
Japanese: ホンセイインコ
Turkish: Yeşil papağan [Yeşilpapağan, Yeşilpapaşan]
Subspecies
(not determined)
Great Cormorant
Kadikoy Ferry Terminal, Istanbul
27 June 2024
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo
Chinese (simplified): 普通鸬鹚
Japanese: カワウ
Turkish: Karabatak [Үлкен суқұзғын]
Subspecies
Continental Great Cormorant
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis
European Shag
Golden Horn, Bosporus Strait, Istanbul
27 June 2024
Scientific name: Gulosus aristotelis
Chinese (simplified): 欧鸬鹚
Japanese: ヨーロッパヒメウ
Turkish: Tepeli Karabatak
Subspecies
Mediterranean Shag
Scientific name: Gulosus aristotelis desmarestii
Yelkouan Shearwater
[Levantine Shearwater, Mediterranean Shearwater]
Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul
1 July 2024
Scientific name: Puffinus yelkouan
Chinese (simplified): 地中海鹱
Japanese: チチュウカイミズナギドリ
Turkish: Siyah-gagalı Yelkuvan [Yelkovan]
Subspecies
(This species has no subspecies)
MOLLUSKS
Turkish Snail
Near Marmaray Erenköy Train Station, Istanbul
30 June 2024
Scientific name: Helix lucorum
Chinese (simplified): 光亮大蜗牛 [亮大蜗牛]
Japanese: チャオビエスカルゴ
Turkish: Türk Salyangozu
Subspecies
(This species has no subspecies)
Photo taken with mobile phone camera.
INSECTS
Black Mud-dauber Wasp
Freedom Park (Özgürlük Parkı), Istanbul
2 July 2024
Scientific name: Sceliphron spirifex
Subspecies
(This species has no subspecies)